Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > Chris Carlen a écrit : >[edit] >> Must possibly learn a completely new way of thinking (OOP) > > Not necessarly. While Python is OO all the way down - meaning that > everything you'll work with will be an object (functions included) -, it > doesn't *force* you into OO (IOW : you don't have to define classes to > write a Python program). You can as well use a procedural - or even > somewhat functional - approach, and most Python programs I've seen so > far are usually a mix of the three. > >> not just a new language syntax. > > You forgot one of the most important part of a language : idioms. And > it's definitively *not* idiomatic in Python to use classes when a > simpler solution (using plain functions and modules) is enough.
I see. That's very promising. I guess some articles I read painted a picture of religiousity among OOP programmers. But that is not the impression I am getting at all on the street. > IMHO, the biggest gain (in learning Python vs LabVIEW) is that you'll > add a very valuable tool to your toolbox - the missing link between C > and shell scripts. Thanks for the comments! -- Good day! ________________________________________ Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser&Electronics Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE, delete texts: "RemoveThis" and "BOGUS" from email address to reply. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
